May 30, 2019 4:09 PM

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Electrical workers from Ameren have a little trouble getting their boat back onto its trailer Wednesday in the middle of a flooded West Broadway in downton Alton. The workers had been preparing the mill for more floodwaters after the forecast for a crest on Tuesday afternoon was again increased by almost a foot to 39 feet, three inches, in Alton. That would put it about 3 feet below the record level set in 1993. Ardent Mills workers, background, were raising the level of plastic and wood blocking water from the plants office building. Additional Alton flooding photos at www.thetelegraph.com.

Electrical workers from Ameren have a little trouble getting their boat back onto its trailer Wednesday in the middle of a flooded West Broadway in downton Alton. The workers had been preparing the mill for

Seasonal, part-time City of Alton workers were filling and stacking sandbags by hand Wednesday morning after the sandbagging machine from a county agency broke. in the large parking lot on Williams Street west of downtown Alton. Apparently a part was needed to fix the machine.

Seasonal, part-time City of Alton workers were filling and stacking sandbags by hand Wednesday morning after the sandbagging machine from a county agency broke. in the large parking lot on Williams Street west

Longer and higher was the order of the day for Alton Public Works employees and Employees of Seiler Excavating who were helping the city raise and stretch the floodwall down Suger Alley. US. Route 67 was closed to all directions of traffic at East Broadway to allow the wall, made of 3,500-pound-blocks, to be extended across the road, also known as Piasa Street.

Longer and higher was the order of the day for Alton Public Works employees and Employees of Seiler Excavating who were helping the city raise and stretch the floodwall down Suger Alley. US. Route 67 was closed